Sports and Society News and Events
- Youth football participation grows (April 17, 2016)
- Poor kids can’t afford $300 baseball bats. This incredible warehouse solves that. (April
11, 2016) - How crazy are youth sports these days? Ask college athletes (January 15, 2015)
- The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is Disrupting Nonprofits, and That’s a Good Thing (January 5, 2016)
- Youth Sports See a Slow Decline (October 16, 2015)
- Where’s the Money? (October 6, 2015)
- Are parents ruining youth sports? Fewer kids play amid pressure. (October 4, 2015)
- Multi-Sport Play: What’s Next? (September 7-8, 2015)
- How Likely Is It, Really, That Your Athletic Kid Will Turn Pro? (September 4, 2015)
- Single-Sport athletes don’t always win (September 2, 2015)
- Are the Kids Alright? (August 10, 2015)
- The Key to Population Health? Physical Litearcy (June 27, 2015)
- Using Sports to Fight Childhood Obesity (June 26, 2015)
- US Lacrosse on Embracing Project Play Strategies (March 25, 2015)
- Tech + Youth Sports = Universal Access at SXSW (March 14, 2015)
- Robin Schepper on physical literacy in action (March 9, 2015)
- Washington Post on the growth on lawsuits in youth sports (March 3, 2015)
- Physical Literacy: Developing a Plan for the United States (February 26, 2015)
- US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s keynote address at Project Play Summit (February 25, 2015)
- 2015 Project Play Summit (February 25, 2015)
- Edwin Moses on the seven steps to improving access to youth sports (February 12, 2015)
- Tom Farrey on a new vision, platform for youth sports in America (January 26, 2015)
- US Bobsled & Skeleton Federation partners with Aspen Institute Project Play (December 5, 2014)
- espnW/Aspen Institute survey of sports parents on youth sports issues (October 10, 2014)
- Field of Dreams: Innovate and They Will Come? (September 24, 2014)
- Farrey moderates President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition roundtable (September 16, 2014)
- Aligning for Impact: Delivering Early Positive Experiences at Scale (March 12, 2014)
- From Digital to Physical Play: Can Tech Make It Happen? (February 26, 2014)
- Funding For Youth Sport: Learning from the Past and Aligning Resources for the Future (February 26, 2014)
- Designing for Universal Access: How to Reach All Kids? (January 15, 2014)
- HuffPost: ESPN’s John Skipper on Thought Leadership (June 28, 2013)
- Playing Safety: The Future of Youth Football (November 9, 2012)
- Title IX and Beyond: How To Get the Rest of Our Girls Into the Game? (May 31, 2012)
- Kaboom! CEO Hammond on the Power of Play (November 28, 2011)
- Blackmun, Ohno Anchor Sport for All, Play for Life Roundtable (May 13, 2011)
- NHL Legend Mark Messier on Youth Coaching, Leadership in Sports (Jan. 26, 2011)
- NBA, NHL Owner Ted Leonsis on the Role of Pro Teams, Leagues (Nov. 15, 2010)